Ron's progress

I have a SiliStretcher. Don’t really care for it. Nothing to do with being uncircumcised but it has a piston type vacuum chamber that just doesn’t hold vacuum too well. May pick up a cheap bell type device from Ebay.

11/15

Pre-BPFSL 18.8cm
Post-BPFSL 19.2cm

Strain 2.12%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 4 min. Total 56oz
15 min @ 80oz heat
15 min @ 96oz heat
20 min @ 120oz cool down

Decreased weight today. Strain was ok. Could be better. Not sure if I’ll stay at this weight for a while or increase. Don’t want to overdo it.

11/16

Pre-BPFSL 18.8cm (18.9cm?)
Post- BPFSL 19.2cm

Strain 2.12%

Pre-BPFSL 18.8cm
Post-BPFSL 19.2cm

Strain 2.12%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 4 min. Total 56oz
20 min @ 80oz heat
20 min @ 104oz heat
20 min @ 120oz cool down

Added 10 min and 8oz to heated phase. Subtracted 8oz from cool down. Total weight 120oz (3.4kg). No change from yesterday. Will use this for one more day then add weight if no change. Slight increase in BPFSL from 11/10, 18.4cm—>18.8cm. Within the margin of measuring error IMO. Not ready to bank any gain yet.

11/17

Pre-BPFSL 18.9cm
Post-BPFSL 19.3cm

Strain 2.11%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
20 min @ 1120z heat
20 min @ 128oz heat
20 min @ 144oz cool down

Added 24oz to the routine for total of 144oz (4kg). Feel a better stretch at this weight. Wasn’t feeling much if any stretch at lower weight. FIR pad doesn’t put out as much heat as I’d like. I don’t think it’s getting anywhere near 40 degrees C. May continue with it this week and switch to US next week.

11/18

Pre-BPFSL 19.0cm (19.2cm first stretch. 18.9cm after that)
Post-BPFSL 19.4cm

Strain 2.10%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
20 min @ 112oz heat
20 min @ 128oz heat
20 min @ 144oz cool down

Plugged the Thermedics heating pad directly into an outlet today and maintained a higher temp. Had it plugged into the USB port on my laptop previously. Still don’t know if it’s enough to overcome physiological cooling. Only way to know is with a urethral probe. Not going that far.

11/19

Pre-BPFSL 19.1cm
Post-BPFSL 19.5cm

Strain 2.10%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
20 min @ 112oz heat
20 min @ 128oz heat
20 min @ 144oz cool down

No changes today. Steady increase in Pre-BPFSL. Not ready to acknowledge any gain yet. Too many factors involved in measuring. More pliable unit, stretching harder, pressing the ruler deeper, etc. If Pre-BPFSL gets to 19.5cm I’ll bank a gain. Until then I’m skeptical. Off days 11/20&21. Back at it 11/22. TGIF!

11/22

Pre-BPFSL 19.0cm
Post-BPFSL 19.6cm

Strain 3.16%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
20 min @ 112oz heat
20 min @ 128oz heat
20 min @ 144oz cool down

FYI you dont want to exceed a 3% strain due to the documented damage that occurs when you surpass that threshold… as in collagen rupture. instead your goal of collagen remodeling that you want to occur happens below 3% and peak or optimally at 2.5% strain. AND that is only with heat

Agree. No idea why the additional strain on the last session compared to previous sessions. The heating pad seemed to be reaching a higher temp than usual. Will decrease the weight a bit today.

11/23

Pre-BPFSL 19.0cm
Post-BPFSL 19.5cm

Strain 2.6%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
20 min @ 112oz heat
20 min @ 128oz heat
20 min @ 144oz cool down

Same weight and duration today. Strain is more reasonable at 2.6%. Hoping Pre-BPFSL starts catching up to Post. Hard not to get impatient even though I’m not really expecting gains of more than 1mm/week or so. May start measuring Pre-BPFSL at the start of the week and Post-BPFSL at the end instead of measuring every day.

11/24

Pre-BPFSL 19.0cm
Post-BPFSL 19.5cm

Strain 2.63%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
20 min @ 112oz heat
20 min @ 128oz heat
20 min @ 144oz cool down

Strain 2.63%

Pre-BPFSL still stagnant. Considering switching to US next week. Off the next 4 days, no privacy. Back 11/29. Happy Thanksgiving!

11/29

Pre-BPFSL 19.0cm
Post-BPFSL 19.3cm

Strain 1.6%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
10 min @ 112oz Start US
20 min @ 128oz Continue US 140C+
20 min @ 144oz cool down

Started US today. Equipment: Soundcare Plus 1 transducer, 3Mhz, 2.0W/cm2, 2 channel thermocouple, 1cm silicone phantom. Strain not as good as with IR possibly due to positioning, OTL versus hanging straight down. 4Kg total weight per Kyrpa’s load calculator.

11/30

Pre-BPFSL 19.0cm
Post-BPFSL 19.3cm

Strain 1.6%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
10 min @ 112oz Start US
20 min @ 128oz Continue US 140C+
20 min @ 144oz cool down

No change from yesterday. Still no bump in BPFSL. May go back to IR tomorrow. US is a pain in the ass to set up and awkward to use, not to mention the mess. I’d like to make IR work. Possibly alternate.

12/1

Pre-BPFSL 19.1cm (19.2cm?)
Post-BPFSL 19.7cm

Strain 3.14%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
20 min @ 120oz Heat
20 min @ 136oz Heat
20 min @ 150oz cool down

Used IR today. Decent strain. Added 16oz to heat phase for a total of 150oz (4.26kg). Wrapped the heating pad with foam pipe insulation and it made a huge difference. Had to turn it off a few times when it became too intense. Didn’t cause any burns. I think I’ll call a 2mm gain since starting this 3 weeks ago. I’m happy with it as long as it keeps up. I wasn’t expecting huge gains and I’m in it for the long haul.

12/2

Pre-BPFSL 19.3cm
Post-BPFSL 19.7cm

Strain 2.07%

20 min @ 24oz. Add 8oz every 2 min. Total 96oz
20 min @ 120oz Heat
20 min @ 136oz Heat
20 min @ 152oz cool down

Finally getting a bump in Pre-BPFSL after a few weeks with nothing. Encouraging if it keeps up.